A short time ago, I wrote an article about church health. Since then, I've read a few more things and had several conversations with various people about churches, church organizations and about people that have been hurt by them. As a result, I've been thinking about the things that differentiate Christian denominations and about the things that bind us together. All-in-all, it's not a pretty picture. How can it be that the people that claim to follow the same God have so many different ways of following Him? How can the readers of...
Friday, 27 April 2012
Sunday, 22 April 2012
Good Things/Bad Things about a night at the races
Posted on 07:08 by Unknown
Yesterday's night at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland MO was a bit of a disappointment to me. There were plenty of good things about the evening, but also a few things that could have been better. And some things (like wind and technical difficulties) are not in our control.I'd like to start by saying that the facility is a really nice place. If you're a race fan and in Missouri, you owe it to yourself to enjoy the races at the Lucas Oil Speedway. The staff was great! They did a lot to make sure that we had all of the things we needed...
Friday, 20 April 2012
More (Questions) on Social Networking
Posted on 00:44 by Unknown
A couple of weeks ago I wrote this post on Social Networking. Since then, I've continued to build my LinkedIn connections and tried to be more focused about both magic and ministry. I'm still a novice at the marketing part of networking so I'm looking for input from those that have been using social networks for promotional use.I wasn't really expecting the calls and emails to start pouring in from the few connections that I've made. I'm just wondering if this type of marketing is worthwhile. So far, it would seem that I'm building good contacts;...
Friday, 13 April 2012
Time for Some Magic!
Posted on 05:34 by Unknown
Next Saturday, the 21st of April, is the weekly series spring opener at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland MO. It is a family event and the Missouri Baptist Convention will be there with games, bounce houses, face painting and give-aways for kids and all. There will even be a strolling magician that will be roving the crowd and having some fun. I just found out that in addition to the walk around stuff, I'll be featured on the Jumbo Tron sharing some effects from the booth! How cool is that!I'm looking forward to this event as well as looking...
Thursday, 12 April 2012
Newly Fashioned Revivals!
Posted on 02:08 by Unknown
I admit it.When it comes to doing church, I'm not much of a traditionalist.That may simply be because I didn't grow up with a Southern Baptist tradition. However, I believe that I am a moral conservative and hold fast to the doctrine of salvation in Jesus and Jesus alone. And I think that we still need to teach this truth of the Bible.However, I also believe that we may need to adapt (or scrap and reinvent) some of our methods for sharing this message from time to time. For many of our non-traditional church plants, the old fashioned week long...
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Social Networking and Self Promotion
Posted on 20:02 by Unknown
As I look to the future and to retirement from my career as an air traffic controller, I am beginning to try to set myself up for more work in the way of ministry and magic. I know that much of my work in ministry includes magic, but I would also like to do more preaching without the magic and more magic gigs without the preaching. The magic work would include schools (which I have done in conjunction with church events) and I would also like to do more corporate events (I've only done a few of these).To this point in my career, I have...
Sunday, 8 April 2012
Final Lenten Report for 2012
Posted on 21:26 by Unknown
It's late on the night of Easter. It was a good day.This morning I was in Joplin at Forest Park Baptist Church for their kids' services. I thought the first program went very well. The second service was different since about half of the kids had also been in the first service. I knew that there would be some of them in both sessions but was really surprised that it ended up being so many. It really changed the dynamics of the program and I think that it was less effective the second time around.I really didn't want to do two completely different...
Friday, 6 April 2012
Gas Prices
Posted on 18:01 by Unknown
I was thinking that I haven't heard much about the rising price of gas recently. Here in southwest Missouri it has remained at around $3.59/gal for several weeks. I expect that it will go up as summer gets closer and we tend to want to use more of it.I have to say that it's been nice not to be hearing too much about it. One of the things that I did notice as the price was climbing--the people that make the most over the high cost are the the people that drive the SUVs or larger gas guzzling vehicles. The people that drive hybrid vehicles or high...
Is There a Doctor in the House?
Posted on 05:46 by Unknown
A few years ago, a booth at the Missouri Baptist State Evangelism Conference (I know it was at least three years ago since we haven't had a State Conference for the past two years) was set up to look like a medical station. There was a "doctor" and a "nurse" and a bunch of medical tools like stethoscopes, sphygmomanometer (blood pressure machine), those kinds of things. There were also books and pamphlets that were about church health.Healthy churches have been a great topic over the past few years--and they should be. The real problem is that...
Thursday, 5 April 2012
It's a Small Thing...
Posted on 05:38 by Unknown
I know that the beginning of the Major League Baseball season is a small thing. It goes unnoticed by most of the world's 7 billion people. But for some of us, Opening Day is more than a moment to mark the passing of time. Opening Day is the official end to winter. It is when the New Year really begins. It is a sign that all is right with the world.It is a day that means we can set aside the political differences of the far right and far left and enjoy a hot dog together while cheering on our favorite team.It means that for a...
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